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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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